Small is beautiful in Singapore, but the spectre of Trump looms large

Sometimes it pays to be small. Iâve been in Singapore for a week, testing the waters in this pint-size economic dynamo of the city state. What makes it so successful?

A large part of the answer is international trade. Perfectly situated on some of the worldâs busiest trading routes, Singaporeâs natural attributes as an entrepÃ´t are underpinned by an open, low-tax, business-friendly approach to economic management â" governed, thanks to its colonial past, by a British-based legal system.